Joan was born in Tanneck, West Germany, raised partly there and partly in the United States and finally settled and went to high school in Indianapolis, Indiana.  She was classically trained with an MFA from the Asolo State Theatre and a BFA in Theatre from Indiana University at Bloomington .  

Joan first started as an actress.  She had a recurring role on All My Children, a daytime Soap. She worked on screen in Working Girl and An Eye For An Eye, with Sally Field. 

She has performed in theatre regionally at the Asolo State Theater, Kennedy Center , Indiana Repertory, The Phoenix . Her New York acting credits include Dance Theatre Workshop, Altered Stages and Theatre Works USA .  

            While acting, she discovered that she was a lover of Jazz.  Funny how the path of life leads you to your calling. She got great reviews from Michael Bourne of WBGO. He wrote the liner notes for her debut CD, Bird On The Wire, which garnered rave reviews in LA Jazz Scene, Jazz Improv, All Music Guide, Cadence, JazzReview,com, All About Jazz and others. His comment was that Joan gets to the heart of a song’s story. That is apparent when you hear Me and Mrs Jones, The Way You Look Tonight (which is done in a Basso) and I covered the Waterfront. Joan is a versatile singer with an extensive repertoire and a unique comic ability that earned her the 2002 MAC Award for Female Musical Comedy.  That led her to produce a ground breaking video pod cast devoted to the lighter side of jazz mostly at Birdland.  Joan’s second CD: In The Key Of Comedy was live with Jay Leonhart, Matt Wilson, Tedd Firth and Bob Dorough.  

After this CD she put together a swing band called Jesters Of Jive, an ensemble featuring Mark Berman, Saadi Zain and Moe Roberts. Jesters Of Jive focuses on the music of such musical masters of wit as: Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart, Oscar Brown Jr. and others.  

She also performs regularly with her 10-piece band, High Society Rhythm. Her credits include performances at The Rainbow Room, The Oak Room in Grand Prospect Hall, The Carnegie Club, Trumpets Jazz Club, The Manor, The Hackensack Cultural Arts Center, Westchester Conservatory of Music, Rockland Center for the Arts, The Emelin Theatre, Archie’s Place, Eighty-Eights, The Cinegrill in Los Angeles , Odettes, Teddy Cares, the National Society of Arts and Letters, the ASCAP songwriters’ showcase and Town Hall.  

Joan has performed for charitable causes such as breast cancer, doing one of her many shows, called Women of Note, a tribute to Women Songwriters, a show that Time Out New York selected as a “Critic’s Pick”.  

Bloomberg Radio, and “Hilarious” by the Associated Press dubbed her show: As the Crowe Flies: “Fabulous!”. Seven Deadly Songs is a hysterical look at good and evil and earned her a second MAC Award”.  

Joan is very comfortable singing with a Trio, a Quartet, a Quintet or Big Bands.  She knows how to lay back and she knows how to jump out at you and swing.

• I Cover The Waterfront (Edward Heyman, John W Green)
  
  
  
• The Way You Look Tonight (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern)
  
  
  
• Me and Mrs Jones (Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert)
  
  
  
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• Live at the Metropolitan Room
  
  
  
• Twee, Tweet, Tweet (Cab Calloway)
  
  
  
• Louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman)
  
  
  
• Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead (E H Harburg, Harlen Arlen)
  
  
  
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  PERFORMANCE CALENDAR:
  
  
  
• 
  SplendaMamas
  at Port 41, 355 W 41st
  41st and 9th, across from the Port Authority
  Friday, February 25, 2011
  9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
  
  Joan Crowe - Vocals
  Sue Matsuki - vocals
  Janice Friedman - piano
  Jennifer Vincent - bass
  Rosa Avila - drums
  Jane Geter - guitar
  
  no cover, no minimum, bar food available
  
  
• 
  Yonkers Music at Dusk
  at the ampitheatre at the end of Main Street
  Friday, August 13, 2010
  6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  
  The Jesters of Jive
  
  Joan Crowe - Vocals
  
  free to the public
  
  
• 
  Hudson Park Bandshell
  (part of the summer sound concert series)
  Wednesday, August 11, 2010
  7:30 p.m.
  
  The Jesters of Jive
  
  Joan Crowe - Vocals
  
  free to the public
  
  
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  The Lafayette Grill
  54 Franklin Street (btwn Broadway and Lafayette)
  Subway: Canal Street (6, J, M, Z)
  or: Chambers Street (J, M, Z)
  Thursday, April 8, 2010
  7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
  
  The Jesters of Jive
  
  Joan Crowe - Vocals
  Steve Einerson - Piano 
  Rosa Avila - Drums
  Michael Thurber - Bass
  Sean Mahoney - Trombone and vocals
  
  $10 cover, no minimum
  
  
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  The Lafayette Grill
  54 Franklin Street (btwn Broadway and Lafayette)
  Subway: Canal Street (6, J, M, Z)
  or: Chambers Street (J, M, Z)
  Thursday, April 15, 2010
  7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
  
  The Jesters of Jive
  
  Joan Crowe - Vocals
  Steve Einerson - Piano 
  Rosa Avila - Drums
  Michael Thurber - Bass
  Sean Mahoney - Trombone and vocals
  
  $10 cover, no minimum